Gary Haugen Quotes

United States, Advocate
1964

Gary A. Haugen is an American attorney who is the Founder, CEO, and former President of International Justice Mission, a global organization that protects the poor from violence throughout the developing world. International Justice Mission partners with local authorities to rescue victims of violence, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen justice systems. Haugen founded the organization in 1999.

Nothing happens just because we are aware of modern day slavery, but nothing will ever happen until we are.

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- Slavery
- Modern
- Happen
Deep within all of us there is a yearning to be brave. And like all of our deepest, truest and best yearning, it comes from how we were made.Courage-the power to do the right thing even when it is scary and hard- resonates deeply with the original shape of our soul.

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- Brave
- Originals
- Yearning

Victims of oppression & injustice don't need our spasm of passion....they need our legs & lungs of endurance.

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- Passion
- Needs
- Endurance
Jesus wants to give you five things: extravagant compassion, moral clarity, sacrificial courage, persevering hope, and refreshing joy.

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- Giving
- Jesus
- Compassion
And here is one choice that our Father wants us to understand as Christians – and I believe this is the choice of our age: Do we want to be brave or safe? Gently, lovingly, our heavenly Father wants us to know that we simply can’t be both.

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- Christian
- Choices
- Brave
When our grandchildren ask us where we were when the voiceless and the vulnerable in our era needed leaders of compassion and purpose, I hope we can say that we showed up, and that we showed up on time.

Gary Haugen
Justice is doing for others what we would want done for us.

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- Done
- Justice
- Would
The victims of injustice in our world do not need our spasms of passion; they need our long obedience in the same direction - our legs and lungs of endurance; And we need sturdy stores of joy.

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- World
- Passion
- Obedience

If you're wrestling with some sort of decision, reflect for a moment and ask yourself, Am I being brave, or am I being safe? In the end, it depends on whether we think God can be trusted.

Gary Haugen
God has a plan to help bring justice to the world - and his plan is us.

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- World
- Justice
- Plan